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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Statue Destruction
On 5 August 2024, after the Resignation of Sheikh Hasina, resignation of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following the Student–People's uprising, a large golden statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, country's first President of Bangladesh, president and Hasina's father, at the ''Mrityunjayee Prangan'' in Bijoy Sarani, Dhaka was destroyed and toppled down by the protesters. The event received global media coverage and live broadcast, wherein it came to symbolise the end of Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's cult of personality, Sheikh Mujib's cult of personality in Bangladesh. Background The ''Mrityunjayee Prangan'' was inaugurated in 2023 by Sheikh Hasina. Sculptures were displayed in Victory Day (Bangladesh), Victory Day parades in 2021 and 2022. The sculpture was erected under the supervision of the Bangladesh Army. There was a central sculpture of former president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in this premises. His contribution to the Bengali language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resignation Of Sheikh Hasina
On 5 August 2024, at around 3:00 p.m., Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on a helicopter with her sister, Sheikh Rehana, to India, arriving in Delhi via Agartala. Although she intended to record a speech, she did not have the opportunity to do so. Background Sheikh Hasina's first term as Prime Minister of Bangladesh began on June 23, 1996, when she took office after her party, the Awami League, secured victory in the general election, succeeding Khaleda Zia of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). This initial period lasted until July 15, 2001. She returned to power on January 6, 2009, following a decisive win in the 2008 general election, and subsequently secured re-election in 2014, 2018, and 2024. However, these later elections were widely criticized for lack of transparency, with opposition parties boycotting them and international observers alleging vote manipulation and suppression. Her government was also accused of interfer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saddam Hussein Statue Destruction
On April 9, 2003, during the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a large statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's Firdos Square was destroyed by Iraqi civilians and United States Marines. The event received global media coverage, wherein it came to symbolize the end of Saddam's rule in Iraq. U.S. government officials and journalists, citing footage of jubilant Iraqis jumping on and sledgehammering the statue, claimed the event symbolized a victory for the United States. However, the development of an Iraqi insurgency undermined this narrative. A retrospective analysis by ''ProPublica'' and ''The New Yorker'' concluded that the media had exaggerated both the size and enthusiasm of the crowd, had influenced the crowd's behavior, and subsequently had turned the event into "a visual echo chamber" that promoted an unrealistically optimistic account of the invasion at the expense of more important news stories. Significance In April 2002, the statue was erected in honor of the birthday of Saddam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Sculptures
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memorials To Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects such as homes or other sites, or works of art such as sculptures, statues, fountains or parks. Larger memorials may be known as monuments. Types The most common type of memorial is the gravestone or the memorial plaque. Also common are war memorials commemorating those who have died in wars. Memorials in the form of a cross are called intending crosses. Online memorials are often created on websites and social media to allow digital access as an alternative to physical memorials which may not be feasible or easily accessible. When somebody has died, the family may request that a memorial gift (usually money) be given to a designated charity, or that a tree be planted in memory of the person. Those temporary or makeshift memorials are also called gras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demolition Of Dhanmondi 32
On 5 February 2025, the former residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, commonly known as Dhanmondi 32, was occupied and demolished by the protesters in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The building, which housed a museum and was considered a historic site by the Awami League supporters, was torn down by protesters during a period of intense political turmoil following months after the resignation of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The demolition followed an online press conference attended by Sheikh Hasina while in self-imposed exile in India, during which she addressed topics that protesters viewed as against national interests. This event occurred amid years of growing discontent regarding the political influence of the Sheikh family in the country's political landscape, and the rise of a cult of personality of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Background Dhanmondi 32 was the personal residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding President of Bangladesh. It was also the site where he was assa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De-commemoration
De-commemoration is a social phenomenon that regards the destruction or profound modification of material representations of the past in public space, representing the opposite or undoing of memorialization. The precise term was coined by Israeli historian Guy Beiner in 2018. Definition De-commemoration is the set of “processes in which material and public representations of the past are removed, destroyed or fundamentally modified”. Guy Beiner introduced the concept of de-commemorating in reference to hostility towards acts of commemoration that can result in violent assaults and in iconoclastic defacement or destruction of monuments. Beiner's studies suggested that rather than stamping out memorialization and giving an impression of freedom from the past, de-commemorating can paradoxically function as a form of ambiguous remembrance, sustaining interest in controversial memorials. The very dishonor that damage or removal brings to the memorial gives it back its importance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Bangladesh Post-resignation Violence
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir (born 26 January 1948) is a Bangladeshi politician. He has been the secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 2016. He was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad, parliament for Thakurgaon-1 constituency from 2001 to 2006. In that term, he was also appointed the Minister of State in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture (Bangladesh), Ministry of Agriculture and later Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism. Early life Alamgir was born on 26 January 1948 in Thakurgaon District to Mirza Ruhul Amin, a former member of parliament and Mirza Fatima Amin, a homemaker. He completed his HSC from Dhaka College and graduation from University of Dhaka. His Anchestral Home is in Mirzapur Union, Atwari, Mirzapur Village of Atwari Upazila in Panchagarh District. Political career Student politics Alamgir was active in student politics at Dhaka University. He was a member of the then East Pakistan Students Union (EPSU), now known as Bangladesh Student ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi
Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi () is the largest cultural organisation in Bangladesh. The organisation's goal is the struggle to build what it deems a just, free, and equal society. History Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi was organised in East Pakistan by revolutionary novelists Satyen Sen, Ranesh Das Gupta along with numerous youths in 1968, and through 1971 it operated a cultural campaign. At the opening of the Bangladesh Liberation War, its members fought for independence. The 1999 Jessore bombings by Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh, in which 2 time bombs killed 10 people and injured another 150, was a terrorist attack on Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi (see list of massacres in Bangladesh. In 2013, the Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi was awarded the Ekushey Padak Ekushey Padak () is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of martyrs of the Bengali language movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contributions in a numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Bangla
BBC Bangla () is the Bengali language service of the BBC World Service, inaugurated in 1941 for Bengali audiences worldwide especially the ones in the Bengal region, which includes the sovereign state of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura. History BBC Bangla was launched on 11 October 1941 with a 15-minute programme under the BBC World Service. BBC Bangla's headquarters used to be Bush House, but since 2012, it has been broadcast from Broadcasting House in London as well as from BBC bureaux in Dhaka and Kolkata. In September 2022, BBC Bangla announced its cessation of radio broadcasts due to financial reasons. On 31 December 2022, BBC Bangla officially ceased broadcasting on radio after eighty-one years of service, following the ''Parikrama'' program. Despite this, it continued its existence on television and the internet. Broadcasting The programmes of BBC Bangla are broadcast on FM radio, mediumwave and shortwave, their website and their internet rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aniconism In Islam
In some forms of Islamic art, aniconism (the avoidance of images of sentient beings) stems in part from the prohibition of idolatry and in part from the belief that the creation of living forms is God's prerogative. The Quran itself does not prohibit visual representation of any living being. The ''hadith'' collection of Sahih Bukhari explicitly prohibits the making of images of living beings, challenging painters who "breathe life" into their images and threatening them with punishment on the Day of Judgment. Muslims have interpreted these prohibitions in different ways in different times and places. Religious Islamic art has been typically characterized by the absence of figures and extensive use of calligraphic, geometric and abstract floral patterns. However, representations of Muhammad (in some cases, with his face concealed) and other religious figures are found in some manuscripts from lands to the east of Anatolia, such as Persia and India. Other forms of figurative a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan
Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan () is an Islamist political party in Bangladesh, founded by Hafezzi Huzur after the 1981 Bangladeshi presidential election. Hafezzi Huzur had been a presidential candidate in 1981. He came third, scoring 387,215 votes (1.79%). His candidacy was supported by the Islamic Republican Party and Bangladesh Justice Party. The support of the party is largely confined to conservative sectors of ulema. The ''amir'' of the party is Habibullah Mianji and the general secretary is Yousuf Sadeq Haqqani. History The party was established on 29 November 1981 by the Islamic scholar Muhammadullah Hafezzi, following the 1981 Bangladeshi presidential election, in which Hafezzi was an independent candidate. His student, Azizul Haque, was appointed as the chief spokesperson of the party. Hafezzi contested in the 1986 Bangladeshi presidential election, reaching second place. After the death of Hafezzi on 7 May 1987, his eldest son Ahmadullah Ashraf became the next ''a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
